U.S. NAVY
(Defenselink -- December 8, 2003) Litton Systems, Inc., Navigation Systems Division, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $7,856,862 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-01-C-0260) to exercise an option for the procurement of 48 CN-1649/ASN-139 inertial navigation units and 48 MT-6436/ASN-139 inertial mounts for the Navy F/A-18 E/F aircraft (42 each) and the E-2C aircraft (4 each) and for the government of Japan's E-2C aircraft (2 each). Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah (90%) and Woodland Hills, Calif. (10%), and is expected to be competed in November 2005. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($7,527,348; 96%) and the Government of Japan ($329,514; 4 %) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.